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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost (www.ipolitics.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by plugd@lemmy.sdf.org to c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

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Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean (www.icm.csic.es)

submitted 2 weeks ago by plugd@lemmy.sdf.org to c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

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Humans have caused a global increase of 1.49 ± 0.11 °C relative to a pre-1700 baseline (www.nature.com)

submitted 8 months ago by plugd@lemmy.sdf.org to c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47176078

Abstract

Assessing compliance with the human-induced warming goal in the Paris Agreement requires transparent, robust and timely metrics. Linearity between increases in atmospheric CO2 and temperature offers a framework that appears to satisfy these criteria, producing human-induced warming estimates that are at least 30% more certain than alternative methods. Here, for 2023, we estimate humans have caused a global increase of 1.49 ± 0.11 °C relative to a pre-1700 baseline.

Does anyone use emacs as their main terminal emulator? in c/emacs@lemmy.ml

[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I have been using eshell exclusively for the last 7 years. It does have a few drawbacks, but for me it's definitely a win overall due to a) everything being in a buffer, b) being able to run both elisp functions and executables from the command line, and c) tramp.

P.s. I chuckled a bit when you mentioned sixel graphics support as modern. :) Jokes aside, I have my own toy implementation of sixel graphics in elisp, so decent emacs support is probably out there already.

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World surpasses key warming threshold across an entire year for the first time (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by plugd@lemmy.sdf.org to c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

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What are your defining memories of computing in the old days? in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Indeed! Computer Recreations was the absolute best. I remember implementing an algorithm from this that displayed 3d projections of a 4d rotating hypercube; then extending it to support red/blue cellophane 3d glasses (or as best as possible with a 16 colour pallette). So much fun and learnt so much!

Mastering Emacs: Let's Write a Tree-Sitter Major Mode in c/emacs@lemmy.ml

[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Reading Mickey's stuff is always such a joy. Must remember to buy his book one of these days!

In response to Rebecca Solnit and other 'moodsplainers' in c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago

Wholeheartedly agree. Personally I believe that the only chance we as a species will be able to respond in time, is if there are a string of very acute very tragic disasters to galvanise a lasting global response. I don't see how cooperation on such a scale is possible otherwise.

The Hill offers toxicly positive article on climate catastrophe in c/doomers@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] plugd@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Agreed. Any solution that involves somehow magically convincing billions of other people to do things that aren't in their immediate individual best interests is not a solution. I.e. we don't "know how to fix it".